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> Does anyone honestly think the United States has institutions sound enough to safely manage nuclear power over multiple decades?

if US institutions can't manage nuclear power, what else can't they manage?



- a global pandemic

- a war that lasts longer than 1 month

- media legitimacy

- global financial system


Capitol security?


Of course nuclear plants would not be safe if “the president” ordered citizens to attack them.


That is an interesting idea. What would happen in a civil war? Would the engineers stay at their post safely shutting down the reactors?

Nuclear energy demands a level of civilization that we simply cannot guarantee.




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